Carding-machine feeder.



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CARDING MACHlNE FEEDER. APPLICATION FILEDAPFLZQ, 1918.

1,297,607. Patented Mar. 18,1919.

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UNITED STAT -1 THOMAS TEMPLE, or FORT PLATN, NEW YORK.

CARDINGr-MACHINE FEEDER.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, THOMAS TEMPLE, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Fort Plain, in the county of. Montgomery and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carding-Machine Feeders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in carding machinefeeders and moreparticularly to a novel pusher which is movable to and from the packeroperating over the feed apron or table. Hereto'fore, the pusher has beenin the form of a, vertical plate which maintained its vertical positionat all times, served in no manner to guide the-cardingvfrom theautomatic scales onto the feed table, and often allowed some of thematerial to be wasted by dropping in rear rather than in advance of thepusher. Furthermore, independent operating mechanisms have been requiredfor the packer and pusher.

My invention has for its principal object to provide a pivoted pusherconstantly. maintained in position to prevent passage of ma: terialbehind the same and to guide such material onto the feed table, thelower edge of the device being inclined outwardly for this purpose.

A further object is to provide an arrangement whereby the operatingmechanism of the packer may be used also to synchronously operate thepusher.

With the foregoing general objects in view, the invention resides in thenovel features and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described andclaimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanyingdrawing wherein:

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a carding machine feeder constructed inaccordance with the present invention; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the pusher detached.

In the drawing above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates acarding machine feeder including an automatic weighing device 2, a feedapron or table 3 upon which the carding is deposited by the weighingdevice 2, a packer 4 at the outer edge of the table 3, and means foroperating said packer. This operating means is shown as consisting ofvertical slotted arms 5 rising from the piv- Specification of LettersPatent. Patented Mar, 1919. Application filed. April 29, 1918. SerialNo. 231,456. I

'otal mounting of the packer, pitmen 6 pivoted to arms 5 by boltspassing through the slots 7 thereof, and eccentrics or the like 8 forreciprocating said pitmen. But one of the parts 5, 6 and 8 are shown,but it is to be understood that they are duplicated on the other side ofthe machine.

The improved pusher 9 is formed of a vertical sheet metal platedepending from a horizontal rock shaft 10 which is mounted in suitablebearing brackets 11 secured to the machine 1. The shaft 10 .isspaoed'inwardly from the path on which the carding drops from theweighing device 2 onto the table 3, sothat there is no danger whateverof any of such carding falling in rear of the pusher, and in order toefiectively guide the material onto the feed table, the lower edge ofthe pusher 9 is turned outwardly at 12 and positioned'over the inneredge of the table. This also prevents the accumulation of any materialbetween thelower edge of the pusher and the inner edge of the table aswill be clear fromFig. 1. Another feature of great importance is thatthe shaft 10 is located above the plane reached by the two outwardlyswinging bottom sections of the weighing device 2, when said sectionsare opened as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. One of the sections,designated by the numeral 13, swings against the outer face of thepusher 9 and thus, even though the upper edge of this pusher were notlocated exactly as shown, none of the carding could pass behind thcpusher or collect on its upper edge.

For the purpose of operating the pusher 9 without the necessity ofemploying a mechanism separate from that utilized for operating thepacker 5, and for synchroniz ing the movement of said packer and pusher,the rock shaft 10 is provided with depending arms 14:, and these armsare connected by links or pitmen 15 with the crank arms 5 of the packer.It thus follows that the operating mechanismsof said packer will in turnactuate the pusher 9 to feed the carding along the feed table 3 to beoperated uponby said packer.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,it will be obvious-that although my invention is of simple andinexpensive nature, it will be much more desirable than theconstructions now in use, and since probably the best results areobtained from the several details shown and from the arrangement ofparts disclosed, these features are preferably employed,but within thescope of the invention as claimed, considerable latitude is allowed formaking such minor changes as oocasion may dictate.

combination With the horizontal feed table,

the pivotallly mounted} packer above the outer portion of saidtable, avertical arm extending from said packer, a pitman con nected to said armfor operating the same to actuate said packer, and an automaticweighingdevice above said table for depositing the carding thereon; of apusher for feeding the carding along said feed table I toward saidpacker, and a second pitman connecting said pusher With said verticalarm to operate the former from the latter.

3. In a feeder for carding machines, the combination with the horizontalfeed table,

a packer operating above the outer portion of said table, and anautomatic weighing device above said table including a downwardly andlaterally swinging bottom section; of a substantially vertical pusherpivotally mounted at its upper edge and having said edge disposedsubstantially in the lateral path of said bottom section to guide thecarding onto said feed table, and means for operating said pusher tofeed the carding along the feed table toward said packer.

' 4. A structure as specified in claim 2, both pitmenbeing adjustablealong said vertical arm to vary the strokes of said packer and pusher.

5. In a feeder for carding machines, the

combination with the'horizontal feed table,

the pivotally mounted packer above the other portion of said table, thevertical arm rising from said'packer, the pitman con-v nected to saidarm for operating the same to actuate sald packer, and the automaticWeighing device above said table, for; depositing the carding thereon;of a pusher mounted pivotally at its upper edge. for feeding Y THOMASTEMPLE. Witness: j

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